Behind a Leader’s Shoulders
Behind a Leader’s Shoulders
by Shafira Mutiara Lestari
In the silence of the gazebo which students usually use to plan the concept of activities to be held. There has the figure of a man sitting in the middle of silence while playing with a gadget in his right hand, wearing a PDH shirt and majoring in English Literature while looking down waiting for his other colleagues to meet and plan Week of Lite 4th. He is a figure of a handsome man, with a sharp nose and tall stature. His name is Muhammad Alif Fauzan at that time was the Chairman of the English Literature Student Association in 2021.
There is an interesting story from a short travel story about his leadership at Hima Sasing in 2021, how he started a story with his colleagues who fought for the good name of English Literature. Those who are trying to revive the spirit of the association which almost died 1 year after the Covid-19 pandemic, under his leadership. The sentence he said when asked about the reason behind his courage to run for the 2021 association chairmanship “Initially it was the intention from the beginning, support from friends made me confident of keeping going. And because of that, looking at the previous 1 year of management, I feel dissatisfied with the achievements of experience and knowledge that I got before, because of the passivity of the members and exacerbated by Covid-19, this has made me more confident. became chairman of the association this year to restore the good name of the literary association. English and the Department of English Literature are even better," he said.
Starting from this intention, he tried to make it happen. Starting from their first work program, Week of Lite 4 which carried the theme "With Lit, We Rise the World" which was successful, then continued with Bindes or Village Building which was held in Kepoh Village, Desa Tambang II, South Bangka, which carried the theme " Development of Mining Community Empowerment II through Education” which of course ran successfully, followed by their work program titled E-lite Award which was held for the first time in 2021 which also ran successfully.
In the end, he managed to prove what he said with a strong intentions. With several successful work programs implemented, he and the members of the English Literature Association received appreciation for their success as the "best association" in 2021 and this is an appreciation received by the English Literature Association after 5 years of existence. Founding of the English Literature Association. He also said, "success will be achieved not only with strong intentions but also accompanied by concrete evidence and cooperation between members". The success and enthusiasm of the English Literature Association (HIMA SASING) last year will be continues in this year's membership of the English Literature Association and will continue in next year's as new generations with new leadership and new faces. And he also said, "a leader who is successful in leading is a leader who can give birth to new leaders".